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too apt to profane the piety of their fellow-creatures, merely for a difference in their modes of worſhip. At a little diſtance from Peepaharea was the bangaloe of Gen. Barker, conſtructed by him on the moſt elegant plan. Here he retired to ſpend ſome part of the funnier, and entertain his friends: it was reſorted by the diſtinguiſhed Officers of his corps, and particularly by Colonel's Grant, Morgan, Goddard, Tottingham, and Majors Morriſon and' Pearce, of the Artillery. At other times, he reſided in a ſtately edifice in the fort, newly built, with exquiſite taſte and grandeur. Having received orders from Colonel Grant, to proceed to Calcutta, we made the neceſſary pre-
parations.
